Oversupply of vaccines? LGUs told to coordinate amid concerns of 'panic buying'

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MANILA – Local government units should coordinate their procurement of vaccines with the national government to avoid a scenario in which shots would be wasted due to excessive supply.

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In a Senate hearing Friday, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian raised concerns over what he perceived as LGU's "panic buying" COVID-19 shots from different pharmaceutical giants.

"The private sectors are booking vaccines. And I’m quite confused because sa LGUs meron din, like kami sa Valenzuela City meron kaming 400,000 doses [na in-order] but then yung private sector namin kumukuha din po sila. How do you reconcile that?" the senator, whose brother is Valenzuala City's mayor, asked vaccine authorities.

"They will have integrated orders through provincial governors so hindi po maguluhan yung manufacturers," he added, saying LGUs have been ordered to generate a master list of individuals to be prioritized for inoculation. Concerned with oversupply, Densing cited an article he read saying France had wasted "30 percent of its procured vaccines."

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